Landscaper

Description

$250 sign-on upon completion of training! 

Guaranteed 40 hours and benefits, rain or shine!

Opportunities for overtime!

Encore Wire is one of the nation’s top copper and aluminum wire manufacturers, outfitting residential, commercial and industrial spaces across the US for a customer base that would blow your mind! Producing over $1 billion of wire every year, with over 1,300 employees and almost 2 million sq. ft. of manufacturing space under our roof, we want to continue our history of growth. Encore is seeking individuals who are looking to join the Landscaping Crew. In this role, you will be on the frontlines helping make our 432-acre campus look as good as our wire does.

Campus Tour - Encore Wire 

Spirit of Encore

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Location: 1329 Millwood Rd. McKinney, TX 75069

Overtime opportunities available. Time and a half! Overnight differential.

***MUST BE WILLING TO UNDERGO AN ONSITE DRUG SCREEN***

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Gathers and removes litter; disposes trash or waste materials.
• Uses hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.
• Operates vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chain-saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.
• Irrigates lawns, trees, or plants.
• Prunes or trims trees, shrubs, or hedges.
• Mows or edges lawns using power mowers or edgers.
• Follows planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage.
• Clears sidewalks, driveways and parking lots of debris.
• Performs minor repairs; maintains all assigned equipment, vehicles and trailers, to include checking fluid levels, refueling, checking tire pressure, cleaning adjusting and greasing.
• Attends training and other required company functions as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

• Education: High School diploma or G.E.D certificate preferred.
• Experience: Previous experience in ground maintenance/horticulture preferred.
• Ability to read and write the English language.
• Ability to properly and safely operate all hand tools and power equipment used in ground maintenance activities.
• Ability to work in a variety of outside conditions for long periods of time.
• Ability to assume a variety of bodily positions and postures possibly for long periods of time to include sitting, standing, bending, reaching, leaning, pushing, pulling, grasping, turning, twisting, lifting and walking.

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Work Environment & Physical Responsibilities: 

Duties are performed in a loud production setting subject to extreme temperatures. Some duties may be required to be performed outside. Comfortable with repetitive movement, kneeling, crouching and stooping. Requires using hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls. Requires lifting up to 50 pounds while bending, twisting and/or standing. 

Benefits Details:

In addition to stable employment and weekly paychecks, we offer a world-class benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance, on-site clinic that your family can utilize, Chaplain services, 401(k) matching (setting you up for retirement), vacation time, Employee Health Fair and company-wide cookouts. 

Encore Culture - See what our employees think!

https://www.encorewire.com/careers/our-culture.html

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

NOTE:  This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.